Defining agency/refining resistance: Contemporary Quebec women writers and/in U.S. feminist theory

Fraiberg, Allison

doi:10.1080/00497878.1992.9978926

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“…The key here appears to be reflexivity and choice: It is the reflection on and interpretation of extant structures and the application of these structures to social interactions that results in agency (e.g. Geneve, 2009;Giddens, 1984;Kirchberg, 2007), even if this, as Frairberg (1992) posits, results in the incorporation of hegemonic ideas into one's actions. Agency is thus not only the freedom or autonomy to make decisions that impact one's life, but also includes a self-reflexive awareness of the forces that shape these decisions as well as the belief that one is sufficiently empowered to act and create results, or self-efficacy (e.g.…”

Section: Defining Agency Structures and Systemsmentioning

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Degrees of Freedom: Exploring Agency, Narratives, and Technological Affordances in the #TakeAKnee Controversy

Rosenbaum

2019

Social Media + Society

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Being American is what brings US all together. Not the things that divides US." This is one of the many tweets that addressed the #TakeAKnee controversy that erupted in September 2017. The controversy started when, on 23 September, president Trump took to Twitter to critique National Football League (NFL) players such as Colin Kaepernick kneeling during the national anthem. This tweet prompted multiple football players to follow Kaepernick's example and led to an overwhelming social media response debating the movement and the values attached to the national anthem and the flag. What it means to be American has been the center of much debate. Even though one cannot speak of a single "true" American identity, research has identified several values that form the foundation of American national identity: Liberty, equality, unity in diversity, as well as symbols such as the flag (Hutcheson, Domke, Billeaudeaux, & Garland, 2004; Kemmelmeier & Winter, 2008). As with any collective or individual identity, US national identity is a construction, and people actively contribute to what it means to be an American through public expressions and interactions (Hutcheson et al., 2004). With the advent of social media, this construction has become more democratic and inclusive, as evidenced by the #TakeAKnee debate, where the hashtag was used to elaborate on social media users' understanding of Americanness.

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Degrees of Freedom: Exploring Agency, Narratives, and Technological Affordances in the #TakeAKnee Controversy

Rosenbaum

2019

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Contradiction as Agency: Self-Determination, Transcendence, and Counter-Imagination in Third Wave Feminism

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Sowards²

2009

Hypatia

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This essay examines the contradictions often found in third wave feminist texts that function as strategic choices that may shape, foster, and enhance an individual's sense of agency. Many third wave feminists utilize contradiction as a way to understand emergent identities, to develop new ways of thinking, and to imagine new forms of social action. Agency, then, stems from the use of contradiction as a means of selfdetermination and identity, of transcendence of seemingly forced or dichotomous choices, and counter-imaginations of a better future.The summer 1997 issue of Hypatia explored numerous aspects, ideas, and positions of third wave feminism. In this special issue, authors explored the difficulties in defining exactly what third wave feminism is, noting that it emphasizes multiplicity, ambiguity, and difference (Alfonso and issues relating to identity politics (Ferguson 1997). Many of these scholars examined third wave feminist books such as Rebecca Walker's edited collection, To Be Real (1995), and Barbara Findlen's anthology, Listen Up: Voices from the Next Feminist Generation (1995). Several of these early third wave feminist writers, including the books' editors, discussed how young women (and men) felt alienated by second wave feminism, lacked a sense of belonging to or understanding of feminist ideals and theories, and did not feel included in

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Defining agency/refining resistance: Contemporary Quebec women writers and/in U.S. feminist theory

Cited by 2 publications

References 3 publications

Degrees of Freedom: Exploring Agency, Narratives, and Technological Affordances in the #TakeAKnee Controversy

Degrees of Freedom: Exploring Agency, Narratives, and Technological Affordances in the #TakeAKnee Controversy

Contradiction as Agency: Self-Determination, Transcendence, and Counter-Imagination in Third Wave Feminism

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